This recipe is a hearty and warming dish great for the colder months. It’s flexible because you can use the root vegetables that you have and prefer! You can get smoked ham and a wide variety of root vegetables in a SLO CSA share, including turnips, rutabaga, beets, carrots, onion, and a variety of radishes. […]
Bacon, Mushroom, and Barley Side Dish
This recipe is from Sara, a SLO CSA member. What’s cooking in your kitchen? We’d love to feature your creations next! Simply reply to our CSA newsletter email with recipe instructions and an original picture using some of your SLO share contents. INGREDIENTS 1 cup dry black barley 3 strips of bacon 1 cup cremini […]
Shan’s Summer Stir Fry
What better way to enjoy all the fresh and crispy summer veggies than a stir fry? Substitute or add other veggies from your kitchen. Marinate meat ahead of time for extra flavor. INGREDIENTS 1 lb Full Circle Community Farm stew meat (cut across grain in 1⁄2 chunks) 1 lb green beans 1 pint mushrooms of […]
Cabbage Rolls with Tomato Sauce
Serves: 4-6 (makes about 12 rolls) | Time: 2 hours 15 minutes Cabbage rolls are a hearty and satisfying Polish dish that are our go-to treat every year when Pulaski Polka Days rolls around. You could experiment with making the sauce with fresh tomatoes, but we took it easy and used canned. Serve them with […]
Pork Chop Banh Mi Sandwiches
Serves: 4 | Time: 2 1/2 hours marinate time, 45 minutes for cooking and assembly Banh mi are Vietnamese sandwiches that are an excellent blend of sweet, savory, spicy and aromatic flavors. INGREDIENTS Pork Marinade 2 pounds pastured pork chops, bones and fat removed, and sliced into 1/4 inch pieces 4 tablespoons fish sauce 4 […]
Brats with Swiss Chard Pancakes and Yogurt Sauce
Serves: 4 | Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Swiss chard pancakes go perfectly alongside pastured pork brats and topped with a cool yogurt sauce! INGREDIENTS 1 package of 4 pastured pork brats For the pancakes (makes about a dozen 4 inch pancakes) ¼ cup finely chopped scallions (green tops set aside for the yogurt sauce) […]
Summer Rolls
Makes: About 18 rolls, depending on the size of the wrapper | Total Time: 1 hour Hold onto the fresh flavors of summer with these Summer Rolls. Fill as many rolls as you’d like. The leftover wrappers will store well in a ziploc in your pantry. INGREDIENTS For the pork: 1 lb ground pork 1 […]
Heritage Breed Pork
Heritage Breed Pork from SLO Farmers Almost all pork raised in the US is from Yorkshire pigs. These pigs grow quickly and are lean. Our co-op farmers raise heritage breeds, Berkshire and Tamworth. Unlike commercial pork operations where pigs are raised totally inside, our pigs have access to the outside year round and are on […]
Naomi’s “Popeye” Meatballs
True confession time! I never took the time to make meatballs until two things happened in January 2017. My husband and I committed to the Whole30 Diet for the month, AND I started cooking for two families that requested meatballs rather than meat sauce. I was always intimidated by what I thought had to be […]